Does the Anxiety Wrap Work?

Does your dog suffer from anxieties, fears or phobias? Stress is common in our pet dogs and most owners want to find relief for their dog’s anxiety. We asked does the anxiety wrap work?

What is The Anxiety Wrap?

The Anxiety Wrap® uses gentle, constant, maintained pressure to relieve stress and lessen fears in dogs. It alleviates five major conditions; fear, anxiety, hyperactivity, insecurity, and shyness.

The Anxiety Wrap may help with any of the following dog behaviour problems (click on them to get more info about each issue):

• Thunderstorm fear
• Separation anxiety
• Constant barking
• Unwanted jumping
• Other noise phobias
• Whining
• Nervousness
• Destructive chewing
• Dog aggression
• Cat aggression
• Leash pulling
• Fear of other dogs
• Fear of people
• Travel/crate anxiety
• Fireworks fear
• Hyperactivity
• Travel sickness
• Fear biting

Here’s how wrapping your dog up can help with their anxiety…

How does the anxiety wrap work with helping anxiety?

Tactile pressure is known to produce a calming effect in humans, pigs, and dogs, so it makes sense that putting some gentle pressure around your dog may help reduce their stress. A bit like having a cuddle!

Few products that claim to help pet behaviours have actually been tested but The Anxiety Wrap has been put to the test with dogs suffering from thunderstorm phobia.

The behaviour of dogs was recorded during storms. Behaviours included panting, shaking, inappropriate elimination (toileting), pacing, attention seeking, vocalisation, inappetence, salivation and hiding behaviours. Owners (who were practiced at putting the wrap on their dog) recorded their dog’s behaviour while wearing the wrap, over 5 thunderstorms.

Owner results

Most owners rated the Wrap as a useful treatment for their dog during thunderstorms. Owners reported that the same behaviours still took place but pacing and shaking lessened. Overall, an almost 50% decrease in the intensity, frequency, or duration of clinical anxiety signs associated with thunderstorm phobia was apparent.

Ok, so the Wrap does not remove Thunderstorm phobia altogether and the one criticism of using products such as this one is that owners will no longer engage in behaviour modification therapy, which will be the ultimate solution to their pet’s problem. So, you still need to work on your dog’s issue with behaviour therapy.